"LOTS OF GARDEN LAND-- Don Bean (left) of the county's Office on Aging and Dennis Kirven, county cooperative extension agent, look over the wide-open spaces at the East 45th Street -Woodland Avenue community garden site. The huge open area in the...

Bruce H. Akers served the Perk Administration first as Special Executive Assistant (1975-76) and then as Chief of Staff (1976-77). He also served on the Pepper Pike City Council for many years (1971-75, 1979-91). Mr. Akers further distinguished...

Robert T. Bennett served as Perk’s campaign manager in the 1971 mayoral elections. He was also one of the mayor’s closest advisors. Prior to joining Perk’s team, Mr. Bennett was the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr. Mr. Bennett...

Robert T. Bennett served as Perk’s campaign manager in the 1971 mayoral elections. He was also one of the mayor’s closest advisors. Prior to joining Perk’s team, Mr. Bennett was the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr. Mr. Bennett...

A man who appears to be Noah is holding a hammer and instructions for building an ark. He is standing in the rain at the corner of 9th Street and Euclid Avenue. A voice projecting from a rain cloud speaks to Noah saying, "Never mind that...Build A...

Valerie Schwonek Blazey is the daughter of one of the mayor's closest friends. She first became interested in public service when she worked on Perk's Advance Team (1969). She later volunteered in the mayoral campaign. Her public service career...

Richard L. Boylan served the Perk Administration as Director of the LEAA Impact Cities Crime Prevention Program (1973-75) and as Interim Director of the Cleveland Workhouse (1974). Mr. Boylan and Cleveland's Safety Director James T. Carney...

Editorial cartoon by Ray Osrin of a large ball of string with legs and feet. On the front of it there is a tag that reads "Meyer's ABSCAM Stings, Inc." and there is a voice coming from inside of it that is saying "I sill don't see what I did...

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Friday Forum: ''Revitalizing Ohio's economy,'' with Jon Husted, speaker, Ohio House of Representatives (R - District 37), sponsored by National City. See Further Reading for citation.

Friday Forum: Harriet Applegate, chief officer, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, ''will speak on the union's new pro-active role in regional economic development, the role they play in combating poverty, and their plans for the 2008...